Word: finer
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...ultrasound device that worked from outside the eyeball, Dr. Bronson was able to get a rough idea where the object was, and Dr. Passmore proceeded to remove the useless, damaged lens from Jimmy's eye. Then Dr. Bronson took up the ultimate in delicate, ultrasound probes, smaller and finer than any dentist's drill. Its tip, about as thick as a pencil lead, emitted ultrasound pulses and picked up the echoes that came back from objects in their path. The time difference between pulse and echo, shown as a peak on a tiny oscilloscope (like a one-inch...
Robert Scott's incredible hardships and the death of the entire party on the return from the Pole are known by heart by every English schoolboy. If the America's Cup is ever to be relinquished by this country, we could wish for no finer successful challenger than Peter Scott. KENNETH A. LABAND Lompoc, Calif...
...nephrons. Each nephron is made up of a tuft of microscopic blood vessels, called a glomerulus, and each of these has a minute tubule at tached (see diagram, right). When blood flows into the glomeruli and around the tubules, one-fifth of its water content is led aside for finer filtration. One hundredth part of this is extracted and passes eventually to the bladder...
...they savor champagne at diplomatic receptions, where they advise chiefs of state to start new plants or shut down old ones, to expand or contract imports, to invite or restrict foreign capital. The Presidents and Ministers are receptive to the advice, partly because many of them have a much finer appreciation of the nuances of economics than political leaders used to have. Several economists have risen to head governments, including West Germany's Ludwig Erhard, Portugal's António Salazar and Bolivia's Victor Paz Estenssoro. Others, such as Britain's Harold Wilson, are hopefully...
Veterans & Families. Then there is Nefertiti, which narrowly lost out to Weatherly last time and has undergone extensive face lifting. "Among other things, we've made the keel finer to offer less resistance," says Skipper Ted Hood, 37. "She ought to be as effective in heavy air as she was in '62 and a good deal better in light air." Columbia, the 1958 victor, will be on hand with the first West Coast crew ever to take a crack at Cup competition. Cornelius Shields has sold her to California Yachtsman Thomas Patrick Dougan, and her new skipper will...